Body system

Oncology

4 articles tagged · 1 topic · 2 clinical · 0 equipment · 1 research

Space Radiation Environment & Biological Effects

Beyond low Earth orbit, crews are exposed to galactic cosmic rays and solar particle events that are difficult to shield and raise long-term health concerns.

RadiationOncologyNeurological & Cognitive

Clinical articles (2)

SMF-C-0015 · guide · draft

Postflight recovery & surveillance

A timeline of what to expect after landing — day 0 to day 45 and beyond — what NASA measures and when, which problems can persist for months or years, and how lifelong occupational surveillance works.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · F E

SMF-C-0003 · countermeasure · draft

Radiation limits & monitoring

NASA's radiation limits in plain clinical terms, how crew dose is monitored, what shielding can and cannot do, and what it means for a patient's lifetime cancer screening.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · E C F M

Research pages (1)

RSK-01 · NASA risk · draft

Radiation & cancer

Space radiation may raise an astronaut's lifetime chance of cancer. There are no human data for this kind of radiation, so the risk is modeled, with wide uncertainty.

◆◆◇◇ Low · M C E